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Study Plan

First year   CP
Semester I  
Advanced mathematics for economics and social sciences 8
Advanced statistics for economics and social sciences 8
Foundations of social sciences - module I (Empirical research methods and data analysis) 6
Competition Law and Practice 6
Behavioural skills seminars 2
Semester II  
Econometrics 8
1 compulsory course to be chosen from
  • Foundations of social sciences – module II A (institutions, government and society)
  • Foundations of social sciences – module II B (institutions, government and society)
6
3 elective courses 18
Total credit points of the first year 62
Second year   CP
4 elective courses 24
Professional English seminars (lessons + exam) 2
Second foreign language (lessons + exam 1st semester 2nd year) 4
Enhancing Experience - Curricular Supplementary Activities 2
Internship or similar activities 8
Thesis 18
Total credit points of the second year 58
Total credit points 120

Please consider the following rules (for students enrolled in their first year starting in 2023-2024) while choosing the 7 elective courses:

at least 1 from list A) Core
at least 1 from list B) Field
at least 1 from list C) Topics and Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
at least 1 from lists A) Core + B)  Field + C.1) Topics
3 from the overall Graduate School electives offer

list A) Core:

  • Advanced Microeconomics
  • Advanced Macroeconomics
  • Microeconometrics
  • Macroeconometrics

list B) Field:

  • Development Economics
  • Game Theory: Analysis of Strategic Thinking
  • Empirical Industrial Organization and Market Design
  • International Trade and Globalization
  • Labour Economics
  • Monetary Policy
  • Political Economics - Advanced
  • Public Economics

list C) Topics and Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
C1. Topics

  • Economic Analysis of Crime
  • Economics of European Integration
  • Energy Policy and Sustainability
  • Economics of Digital Markets
  • Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation
  • Principles of Finance
  • Taxation, Inequality and Growth
  • Welfare and Politics

C2. Other Social Sciences and Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

  • Comparative Politics: Institutions and Institutional Development
  • Globalization, Divergence, and Inequality in Historical Perspective
  • History, Institutions and Crises of the Financial Global System
  • Population Dynamics and Economics
  • Politics of Conflict
  • Bayesian Statistical Methods
  • Decision Theory and Human Behavior
  • Time Series Analysis of Economic and Financial Data

The educational offer for elective courses is subject to change


The study plan requires two European Union languages.
More specifically:
1° language, 2 CPU: English

  • for all students (regardless of their native language)
  • the main aim is to foster the development of professional skills

2° language:

MSc programs in English:
  • Italian for non-Italian native speakers
  • French, Spanish, German for Italian native speakers

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To search and get more information on the content of the various courses, browse the description of courses taught in 2022-2023.


Last modified 10/12/2023 - 10:51:16